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Dolphins agree to one-year with guard Richie Incognito

The Miami Dolphins have decided to take a chance on controversial offensive guard Richie Incognito.

The team is in the process of completing a one-year deal with Incognito that could be worth a little more than $1.3 million, according to an NFL source.

Incognito, a five-year NFL veteran, spent Monday night and Tuesday meeting with the Dolphins, who decided to overlook the 26-year-old’s checkered past and sign him.

Incognito will give the team a versatile interior lineman with 47 NFL starts. He can play multiple positions and could challenge for the starting job at right guard, shared by Donald Thomas and Nate Garner in 2009.

But Incognito also brings a lot of baggage.

Incognito has incurred $85,000 in the fines the past two seasons.

In 2009 with St. Louis, Incognito had two personal fouls in two separate games, leading the Rams to cut him on Dec. 15.

Two days earlier, Incognito head-butted two Tennessee Titans players during a 47-7 loss and eventually was fined $50,000.

The previous season, Incognito was fined $35,000 for three separate incidents during a game against the Redskins, including a personal foul for verbally abusing a game official, a facemask penalty and an illegal chop block.

Incognito finished last season with the Buffalo Bills, but became a free agent at the end of last month.

Incognito’s transgressions earned him the title of “NFL’s dirtiest player” in a Sporting News poll of 99 players.

But while he can be a major headache for coaches and opponents, Incognito also could be a solid addition for a team that can help him harness his emotions.

During the 2005 Scouting Combine, Incognito, who played at Nebraska, ran the 40 in 4.84 seconds and scored a 32 (out of 50) on the Wonderlic. But he also injured his knee during a drill.

The Rams drafted him in the third round that year. In 2006, he started all 16 games and lined up at three different spots.

The Dolphins like linemen who can play multiple positions. A season ago, injuries forced the team to juggle the offensive line often during the season’s final two months.